Dr. Gibarian| part of a team at a space station studying Solaris| makes an urgent and self-described bizarre video request to his friend| civilian psychiatrist Dr.Chris Kelvin| to come to the station to deal with an unspecified phenomenon aboard| that phenomenon with which Chris' experience and background may be able toexplain and solve. Chris learns that his trip is sanctioned by the space program as a security force had been sent to the station to investigate| that security teamwhich is now missing. When Chris arrives at the station| he finds only two surviving team members| Drs. Gordon and Snow (Dr. Gibarian committed suicide)| who areboth acting nervously. Chris also finds two unexpected people there| the first| who Chris only sees fleetingly| being Dr. Gibarian's adolescent son Michael| and thesecond being Chris' deceased wife| Rheya. Chris and Rheya had a passionate relationship in all its good and bad before she committed suicide. Apparently| theseappearances of loved ...